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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 2h

Designated as a Japanese Important Cultural Property (Jūyō Bunkazai), this monumental sculpture represents Sho Kannon—the primary, unaugmented form of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva who "perceives the sounds and cries of the world".

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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 5h

Before people learned music with 'do re mi', the sequence once began with 'ut' as the lowest note. The absolute lowest note recognised in medieval music was 'Γ ut', with the Greek letter gamma, and 'Γ ut' came to refer to the full range of possible notes. This is behind the phrase 'run the gamut'.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 5h

The war with the bicycles was over and the humans had won.

Black and white wall photo at Leeds station showing a bunch of people on a hillside with a lot of bicycles lying around.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 8h

From Writing In The Sand by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, a celebration of the life of beaches in north-east England, 1973-98.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 8h

The Passage Leading To Lancaster Road, Salford, 1962, painting by Harold Riley (1934-2023).

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 8h

1777: Sun, heavy clouds, hot, mild & still.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 15h

Traditional Japanese umbrella, Jurin-ji temple (十輪寺), Kyoto. Photography by Damien Douxchamps on Flickr.

Gazing upward from beneath the glowing canopy of a traditional oil-paper umbrella (wagasa), the viewer is enveloped in a sea of radiant, sun-drenched crimson. A precise radial matrix of fine, split-bamboo ribs radiates outward from a central spindle, woven with an intricate, geometric web of structural threadwork. Through the translucent, oiled washi paper, the dark silhouettes of leafy tree branches project like delicate ink brushstrokes against a glowing red sky. The scene evokes a rich, immersive sensory atmosphere: the warm, vermilion-tinted light filtering onto the face, the faint, earthy aroma of perilla oil and aged bamboo, the soft rustle of wind through temple trees overhead, and the deep, quiet sanctuary formed beneath the red dome.
Captured within the tranquil grounds of Jurin-ji (十輪寺)—a historic Tendai temple in western Kyoto famously known as Narihira-dera after the celebrated Heian-period poet Ariwara no Narihira—this large outdoor umbrella (nodaigasa) traditionally shelters guests during open-air tea gatherings (nodate). The construction of a traditional wagasa represents one of Japan's most refined heritage crafts, where a single length of bamboo is meticulously split into dozens of flexible ribs, joined to a hand-carved wooden hub, and stretched with hand-poured mulberry paper sealed with natural vegetable oils. Every detail—from the structural tension of the bamboo frame to the delicate hand-strung thread reinforcement (kikyō-buki)—honors centuries of monozukuri (artisanal mastery and reverence for material), transforming a functional shade into a portable architectural sanctuary.

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Back to the Horace Nicholls photos. Girls in the village of Longstock, Hampshire, are taught bell ringing by the vicar Rev Robert Houth in the place of men who have been called up to the Army. c. October 1917. #WW1 Sources: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/... & in alt.

Black and white photo of interior of church belltower, three girls, one elderly man and a woman stand holding bell ropes.
More sources: Hampshire Independent 20/10/1917; https://www.big-ideas.org/longstocks-pioneering-women-ringers-in-world-war-one/

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Laurent Peraldi @tintamarre.bsky.social · 17h

La désapprobatrice Ken Schles

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 23h

Portrait of a Merchant by Jan Gossaert. He's wedged between all the things of his world, but his skeptical gaze crosses effortlessly to ours from 1530.

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

La cathédrale de Liège, Belgium Former rood screen door (la porte du jubé). These brass Louis XIII style doors were donated in 1643 by Dean Paul Simonis. #AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday (actually brass 😉)

Brass double doors with plain edging to base & uprights. Panels contain foliage with roses. Also, low relief rounded with the name of the donor - Paul Simonis.

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Joshua 🏳‍🌈 @joshuagrid56098.bsky.social · 23h

Intercity Tractor. 37510 ‘Orion’ shines in the sunshine at Loughborough in its freshly painted Intercity livery on 0Z51 Loughborough Works to Derby RTC via Sileby. (01/10/26)

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Rosie Meddon @rosiemeddon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I find it awe inspiring to stand somewhere ancient. This is the chapel at Lytes Carey Manor, built 1343-8, with the window replaced in 1912 as part of a major restoration but including fragments of medieval glass.

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The trample of robins and woodlarks on the brown leaves. and the patter of squirrels on the green moss; The fall of an acorn on the ground, the pattering of nuts on the hazel branches as they fall from ripeness" from 'Pleasant Sounds' John Clare #NationalPoetryDay #Autumn

🎨 "At the Fall of Leaf, Arundel Park, Sussex (Woodland Scene in Autumn)" William Samuel Jay (1843–1933)

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SimplyMe @nordlys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hallo Oktober 🍁

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ferdinand von Wright ( 1822 - 1906 ) Finnish painter "Bullfinches in Rowan Tree" oil on canvas 40 x 70 cm, 1890 #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1777: Showers, loud thunder, heavy showers, bright stars. This day, Mr Richardson of Bramshot shot a wood-cock: it was large & plump & a female: it lay in a moorish piece of ground. This bird was sent to London, where as the porter carryed it along the streets he was offered a guinea for it.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Frescoed spiral staircase: Scala Regia of Villa Farnese (Caprarola) 1559-1573, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, great Italian Mannerist architect, assistant to Michelangelo. His two publications on classical orders & practical perspective, helped define classical canon. Polo Museale del Lazio

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Miss_Oops @missoops.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Miss_Oops @missoops.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Einst in Potsdam •

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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy #BlueSkyMonday I hope you’re all having a lovely day. Old Felixstowe, Suffolk, U.K. 📷 Sept ‘26 ⛵️☀️ #EastCoastKin #Nature #Photography

A river scene, where it meets the North Sea. The water is calm and lit by the sun. Boats are moored around. On the left a blue coloured hut on wooden stilts, overhangs the river edge. The sky is blue with wispy clouds.

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Nick Stone @typejunky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A view under the flyover of the beast at rest. Kids from the local school under the bridge at Stump Cross, named after a wayside cross that stood here until the 16th century.

The head of the nipper at rest under the bridge. With kids in the foreground mucking about, as kids have probably done since the 10th century.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Last Stand, 1965, painting by Clarice Hall Pomfret, 1930-2014 (Bolton Library & Museum Services).

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Martin Glew @mdglew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

a demolition exposes old bricks to the daylight

A demolished building has exposed the bricks of the wall shared with the neighbouring building. Kostel sv. Petra Na Poříčí in the background

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sleeping Buddha, Nanzoin Temple, Fukuoka, Japan.

Gently resting its head upon its hand in peaceful meditation, the colossal bronze Reclining Buddha (Nehanzō) reclines against a backdrop of dense mountain foliage. The statue’s soft verdigris patina glows beneath a diffuse sky, highlighting the calm, serene contours of its closed eyes, sculpted hair curls (nikkei), and golden byakugō mark on its forehead. In the foreground, neat rows of dark stone memorial steles, meticulously engraved with gilded Japanese characters, stand like quiet guardians at the foot of the monumental figure. The scene invokes an ethereal sensory atmosphere: the crisp mountain air of Sasaguri, the fragrant drift of burning incense from nearby altars, the rustle of cedar leaves in the valley breeze, and a profound, enveloping silence that settles over the sacred sanctuary
Located at Nanzo-in Temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, this grand bronze monument—stretching 41 meters in length, 11 meters in height, and weighing approximately 300 tons—is celebrated as one of the largest bronze statues in the world. Erected in 1995, the Nehanzō was constructed to house sacred Buddhist relics gifted from Myanmar as an expression of gratitude for decades of medical supplies and humanitarian aid provided by the temple. Nanzo-in also serves as the chief location on the historic Sasaguri 88 Temple Pilgrimage route, welcoming pilgrims into the forested hills of Kyushu. The extraordinary bronze casting and structural engineering required to realize the massive monument embody the zenith of Japanese monozukuri (artisanal mastery and technological precision), integrating monumental art harmoniously within the surrounding topography.

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1777: Nectarines are delicate to the last.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In Howden, Yorkshire, I love how the sky becomes part of the architecture - the view is constantly changing. The magnificent minster of St. Peter and St. Paul is a real hidden gem and the beating heart to one of the country’s loveliest town centres.

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20

Photograph of Pevensey Castle with an information board in the foreground showing an artists impression of how the view may have looked in 1066 when the sea came almost up to the walls.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Photographed by Stéphane Barbery, this portrait captures Noh actor Matsuno Hiroyuki portraying Shizuka Gozen in the classical drama Funabenkei (船弁慶).

In deep monochrome contrast, a Noh actor partially reveals a serene, sculpted Noh mask from behind a painted folding fan (ōgi). Crowned with a black ceremonial tate-eboshi cap and wearing a lavishly woven karaori robe, the performer holds the fan—adorned with delicate chrysanthemums and cherry blossoms—to frame half his face in quiet contemplation. The intricate geometric patterns, tortoiseshell motifs, and maple leaves embroidered into the silk create a tactile interplay of luster and deep shadow against the dark background, drawing the eye into a space of dramatic tension. The smooth, lacquered surface of the mask catches the light, isolating the figure in a moment of stillness.
his portrait captures Noh actor Matsuno Hiroyuki portraying Shizuka Gozen in the classical drama Funabenkei (船弁慶). Authored by Kanze Kojirō Nobumitsu, the play recounts the heartbreaking separation of warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune from his mistress Shizuka Gozen, followed by a sea voyage disrupted by the vengeful ghost of Taira no Tomomori. In the opening act, Shizuka Gozen performs a farewell dance to pray for Yoshitsune's safety, conveying both sorrow and quiet dignity. The carved cypress mask (hinoki) and Nishijin brocade karaori robe represent the heritage of Japanese monozukuri (traditional artisanal craftsmanship), preserving centuries-old techniques of textile and mask design.

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1777: Distant thunder in the night. House martins abound.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Time seems to gather in the gables at the beautiful Turton Tower in Lancashire. Carved timber, quatrefoiled plaster and ochre sandstone jostle together in one glorious whole. A visual delight.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Consall Line Kilns, a scheduled ancient monument and a reminder that the Churnet Valley used to be heavily industrialised

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Deano S @dean426.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge Traction engines at Powderham.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The stunning 15th century roof structure of the Church of All Saints, Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire 🤩

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Martin Glew @mdglew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's been a beautiful autumn day, and a public holiday in Czechia. Back home after a weekend in the country and enjoying the sunset

Twilight yellow and red cirrus clouds above Chuchle Woods as seen from Modřany

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Liverpool conference centre

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fish ‘n’ Chip Van, Otley Road, Bradford, photo by Ian Beesley. 'The chip shop owner told me he had to fire one of his assistants because he kept parking the van the wrong way round.'

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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1777: Thunder in the night with an heavy shower. Swallows about.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

😯 A glorious mash-up of time and place. I had to blink twice when I first saw this – a real-life Hobbit house tucked into the ruined west front of the Abbey of St Edmund at Bury St Edmunds. Heading back soon..

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Ella Maillart @ellamaillart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"The leather glove, in order that the reins may be held, is cut for only one finger and a thumb. A slip-knot fastens a long thong to one foot. The man's fist rests on a wooden fork socketed in the saddle ..." #EllaMaillart #Photography #Kyrgyzstan #TianShan

'A Karakirghiz with Chinese Glasses', Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Ella Maillart, 1932

A nomadic Karakirghiz hunter on horseback, poses with a large golden eagle (or berkut) used for hunting small game. Berkutchi are Central Asian nomadic hunters who train wild golden eagles (berkut).

Rather than treating the bird as a pet, it is considered a sacred life partner. They almost exclusively capture and train female golden eagles because they are significantly larger, stronger, and more aggressive hunters than males.

A young eagle is typically taken from its nest and trained intensely for several years. It hunts cooperatively with its owner for about 10 to 15 years before being released back into the wild to find a mate, ensure its bloodline and live out its natural life.

This hunter wears traditional thick attire suitable for mountain terrains, protective eyewear, and a specialized gauntlet to shield his arm from the bird's massive talons.

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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Isle of Rum from singing sands beach on the Isle of Eigg Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💙 🌊

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Miles and Chains @miles-and-chains.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The warm autumnal sun illuminates the welcome return of the mighty Brush Class 60 on the biomass! 60085 ‘Snowdon’ makes its presence known at York with 6H12, Tyne Dock to Drax Power Station. #Class60 #Tug #GBRf #York

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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

PHOTO OF THE DAY. A crowd gathers around a tram in Woolwich, London that crashed into a building (1946). 📷 John Topham

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Annie Chave @anniechave.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More cricket skies ❤️ Yesterday I swapped the press box at Taunton to watch my son play at Chulmleigh - A lovely day with a huge home crowd of families celebrating, a fantastic tea, an ErraticsCC hattrick & one of our players became the second all time run scorer with 11,498 👏

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